Elderly Diabetic Patients Burned To Death In The House

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JAKARTA - One person was reported to have died from a house on fire on Jalan Zakaria, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, on fire, Wednesday, November 13, at 23.30 WIB. The victim with the initials A, aged 50 years, died with a burning condition due to an electric short circuit in the fan.

"The victim died due to burns to the two legs, hands and back of the victim about 70 percent," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Ade Ary Syam Indradi, Thursday, November 14.

The incident began when residents smelled smoke. When checked, it turned out that the victim's house was on fire.

Furthermore, the witness informed local residents to speed up extinguishing.

"About the victim went out manually," he said.

After the fire was extinguished, the witness looked into the house. It turned out that there was a victim on fire. So the handling was immediately carried out.

"It is known that the victim has diabetes so he cannot run anywhere when the fire occurs," he said

After the incident, the victim was taken to Fatmawati Hospital, South Jakarta for further action.